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NCI Breast Cancer Screening Consortium

JAMA. 1991;265(1):27-28.

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We agree with Dr VomLehn that many public health department clients cannot afford mammography and that cost is an important barrier, particularly for low-income women. We hope the recent trend continues for the passage of state legislation to include payment for screening mammograms through Medicaid or third-party carriers¹ and for the restoration of Medicare coverage for mammograms for women 65 years of age and over.²

Without this coverage, health departments without mammography units are left with the option of encouraging radiology facilities to offer low-cost mammograms, either at a fixed cost ($50) or on a sliding scale basis. The six National Cancer Institute breast cancer screening projects have been able to encourage many facilities to offer low-cost mammograms. A recent General Accounting Office report has shown that low-cost screening mammograms can be profitable with batch reading and high-volume use and that these services do not compromise . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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